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> Next you'll be wanting me to call it uisge beatha.  (Ok, ok, now someone 
> can
> lecture me on whether Gaelic capitalizes it's nouns or not :)
>
> Randall
Sometimes spelled usquebaugh, which, I believe, means "water of life" - 
derived from the latin, aqua vita.  There is also a firey spirit produced in 
Sweden, I believe, called akvavit.  Its from the same root.
I heard that James Olson is actually on a distillery tour in Scotland.
Mike 
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